The Earth's Magnetism

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The Earth's Magnetism: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Terrestrial Magnetism, Dynamo Effect, Geographic North Pole of Earth, Geographic South Pole of Earth, Geographic Meridian and Magnetic Meridian, Angle of Declination, Angle of Dip, Dip Circle, etc.

Important Questions on The Earth's Magnetism

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What is the angle of dip at magnetic poles of earth ?

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Assertion: The geographic north-pole does not coincide with the magnetic north pole.

Reason: The axis of the hypothetical dipole inside the earth is tilted by approximately 11.3 with respect to the axis of rotation of the earth.

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The south pole of earth's magnet is in the

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The magnetic field lines go inside the earth near the:

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The axis of rotation of earth passes through:

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Geographic north pole is near the:

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The Earth's magnetic field at a certain place has a horizontal component of 0.3 Gauss and a total strength of 0.5 Gauss. The angle of dip is

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At a certain place, the angle of dip is 60o and the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field BH is 0.8×10-4 T. The earth's overall magnetic field is

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At a certain place, the angle of dip is 30o and the horizontal component of earth's magnetic field is 0.50 oersted. The earth's total magnetic field (in oersted) is

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The relation between Bh, Bv and B is ________.

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The vertical component of earth's magnetic field is zero at:

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A place where the vertical components of Earth's magnetic field is zero has the angle of dip equal to

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Let the magnetic field on earth be modelled by that of a point magnetic dipole at the centre of earth. The angle of dip at a point on the geographical equator is

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At a given place on the Earth, the angle between the Magnetic meridian and the Geographic meridian is called.....

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The lines of force due to earth's horizontal magnetic field are

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At a place the true value of angle of dip is 60°. If dip circle is rotated by ϕ° from magnetic meridian, the angle of dip is found to be tan-1(2). Then the value of ϕ is

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The tangent galvanometers having coils of the same radius are connected in series. A current flowing in them produces deflections of 60o and 45o respectively. The ratio of the number of turns in the coil is:

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Assertion: A freely suspended magnet points along the north-south direction.

Reason: Since the earth behaves as a magnet.

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Assertion: A freely suspended magnet points along north-south direction.

Reason: Since earth behaves as magnet.

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The Earth's magnetic field at a certain place has a horizontal component of 0.3 Gauss and a total strength of 0.5 Gauss. The angle of dip is